Teen allegedly poisoned grandmother’s collard greens, report says

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Teen allegedly poisoned grandmother’s collard greens, report says

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A North Carolina teen has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly poisoning her grandmother’s collard greens, reports CBS affiliate WRAL via CBS News. The grandmother, Gaylon Moody, told the station her granddaughter tried to kill her over a confiscated cell phone.

The seventeen-year-old Fayetteville girl allegedly dumped insecticide and termite killer into a pot of collard greens her grandmother planned on eating for Easter dinner. The station reports Moody cooked the food before attending church for services, and ate the meal when she returned home.